The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-24
LEXINGTON
THE BANNER CITY OF WESTERN
MISSOURI AND GROWING
RAPIDLY.

,onrad, the manufacturer, and look at his
lgars. oi'2 .
A, Geyer, 9th street, agent for the sale of
Inheuser Bottled Beer. for family use. A |
nil supply constantly on hand and delivered
n any part of the city. mayl4if
c. Paul Conrad. LeXington's cigarolcgis', {
manufactures as fine a cigar as can be had
nywhere, and if you want a first class
moke you would better see him. dlTt2
For Sale-A good residence, one Of the
in the city, on Main street, large house,
God %outhouses, well, ~cistern, etc. Price
,niy 50 600. Terms easy. Inquire of J. P.
Ardinger. noV29ti
Fresh Importations of delicacies at the well
tnown Annex Restaurant, Just received;
swiss cheese, Hamburg roll herring, French
lew Chateile, Italian Olives. Russian Caviar,
ierman Neunengen 9 eyes, Killersprotten,
Smoked Ssrdines, French Champignons, etc.
3, Hacker, Restaura.eur. dec24t2
Remember the fremen's ball.
Nine degrees below zero last Wednesday
morning.
The public schools will remain closed until
January 8.
The girls cheeks have needed very little
paint this week.
Some hing for the ladies' faces will be seen
on the fourth page.
A full report of the Price Winsor we'd
ding will be found on the first page.
Mr.. Bates Yaughsn's plate glass is all here
and only awaits favorable weather to be put
in place.
Mr.. VIM. C. Belt has established a milk
route and proposes to continue in the busi-
ness indefinitely.
The ice blocked in the river above town,
last Tuesday night. The ferry boat stopped
running on Wednesday morning.
Tom, Dick and Harry appear again with
their grandmother's recipes for coughs, ETC.,
but the people know DIR. Bulls Cough Sirup
too well.
The blizzard of this week seems to have
been general throughout the west, from the
lakes to the gulf. Four inches OF snow fell
at Fort Worth, Texas.
The first five cadets at W. NJ. A., for past
month:-H. G. Clark, % SO; c. l.. Harper,
80 1-6; f. Il. Sutherland, 81 SO; Ii. Black
well, "a; F. II. O~strander, 90 SO,
Monday, January 2, will be a legal holiday.
aud will be observed as such by the banks,
postotice and other public offices. The cOun-
ty court will begin its session on Tuesday.
Trade was Gull last Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. The weather and roads were
so bad the country people could not come to
town aud the town people were satisfied to
remain at home rs much as possible.
The of leader in old Santa Claus team
while attempting to jump from Franklin
avenue to Main street, last Tuesday night
alighted too soon and was caught on one OF
the hooks in front of Schneider Il Clark's
meat shop, where he was found the next
morning and killed by the hard hearted
butchers. So our old friend Santa will have
but one deer in his team tonight, and if some
OF our young friends do not get as much al
they expected in their stocking. they viii
know the cause.
Mr.. James Kelly, on the Cheatham farm
adjoining Bates City, this county, at a dept
of 1876 feet, struck a vein of water, which ros
rapidly to within loo feet of the surface an
which he thinks will in the future furnis
him with an abundance of water for all pur
DOSeSs LII duultiOu " tuC WHICH, ue lOuuu
| stratum of coal {; ON 2G-to 80 inches in thick
. ness. and of fine quality and also a flow G
gas sufficiently strong to make a constar
l hams three feet high the full size of the d
amster of the well-between three and fou
inches. We congratulate Mr.. Kelly upon h
e good fortune.
g The following named officers were eleete
r. 1900 n . l. ,-o,, 1aotr,,
: the A. O. U. w., last Thursday night:-J
t A. Edmonds, NJ. W.; II. L. RoYle, F; j. v
O Meng, O.; ). Keller, Recorder; C. G.. Lut
o wigs, treasurer; F. g, Bowman, Fin; C. !
Frazier, g.; G. X. Smith, I. W.; F. C..
~ Br%ightwell, o. W.; z. Allen, del. 10 G. L
g. ]. o. Lesueur, alternate; T. L. Bolton, Me
Elk. The officers elect will be installed
If the next meeting, January u, at which tr
D. the committee will present . full repc
al of the financial standing of the lodge and "
also be addressed by Bro. R. T. Jesse. t
It, retiring NJ. W. A full attendance is desire
lg The world has rolled around again to t
~ period where 1t gives US q new year. Du
of ing all these days Of 1887 the carrier bO
u of the Intelllgencer have regularly ma
nd their rounds and laid the paper on the do
be step or at the garden gate of our city su
D. scribers. When the weather was good tn
a were there; when the weather grew bl
he and the hour for delivering papers came
at peep o. day, they were also there; wheth
as there were rain and mud, or snow and co
er they were always there. The carrier boy
of a young fellow on his first legs. He ha
ne heart In which spring up warm hopes fer
ay future, especially as TO the disposition
les will make of his annual New Years q
lis from those to whom he has carried the pap
oW He receives no other pay than this for
let service. He makes no fixed charge, but
res New Years day he presents each subscri
8 q little souvenir of verse and gladly tai
be whatever is given him. In fiusher times g
in. used occasionally to CLINT among his coll
SO, tian, or crisp bank notes, but the carrier
to is not unreasonable, he receives quarters
DOT halves and dollars, even though they are
vas yer, with thanks, and when they are the
ter with delight. 1t don't take very man
,i,v them, you see. TO mean an overcOat, or a
rot of clothes. And then the pride he has
UGH wearing them when ne renects mat
in come from appreclative persons whom he
ad- served. You may not notice him much as
makes his rounds. He is only Il boy.
his you peep out at him from, behind the curt
in your cosy room as he darts by with
ron arm, full of papers on such il morning as
IAN. that of last Wednesday, you only see a str
of gray Jacket as he bravely bursts his
sub through the snow from gate to gate; bu!
fist mas feelings, you know; his feet get cold,
inn nose turns red and has a moist drop at
for end which freezes into 3 pellet Of ice ur
j, I, he brushes 1t aside In time. His ears fir
,ore sometimes and '.mother" has to thaw {
He out with snow. He is only a newsboy,
,doc who knows? Henry Clay was the Mill
nee of the Slashes; Lincoln made rails for 4
rms ing once; and Grover Cleveland did
bis drudgery of compiling Il livestock rec
IN but they are all names that Will last v
rs the republic lasts. They were honest,
hoes were true, they We're diligent. they
faithful. They had confidence that theiI
Ia of low men would reward them IS their de
and Justified, so they labOred 10 deserve we
the them. He is only a newsboy, but
You knows! The very same representation
66s. yearHlngs may animate MS breast "h'cl
hum ed those OF the great Americans we
offer named. So, remember the newsboy
r, is Monday week when he makes his re
lack and don't think you have discharged
n the duty to him when you give him the val
ainly the address he offers. Be generous
that him II will not cost Won much, but il
be so great n thing for him,